#55B3CD#55B3CD

#55B3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.096 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B3CD
RGB	rgb(85, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -20.24, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 29.58, 226.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.075 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.096 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8815, 38.5763, 63.5643)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B3CD #CD6F55

analogous

#55CDAB #55B3CD #5577CD

triadic

#55B3CD #CD55B3 #B3CD55

tetradic

#55B3CD #AB55CD #CD6F55 #77CD55

square

#55B3CD #AB55CD #CD6F55 #77CD55

split-complementary

#55B3CD #CD5577 #CDAB55

monochromatic

#266E82 #3496B1 #55B3CD #84C8DB #B4DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#55B3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#55B3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B3CD

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B3CD	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.096 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcadc',
    500: '#55b3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b3cd;
$custom-light: #8fcadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71991,
    "c": 0.096,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B3CD

secondary

#D7B1A6

accent

#6A4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B3CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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